The device to prevent a bag with handles from collapsing inside a refuse receptacle is a band of stretchable material with plurality of hooks suspended from axis of a band and said hooks move freely along the axis of a band. The circumference of device is less than that of refuse receptacle for which it is being adapted thus it fits snuggly anywhere on the outer surface of refuse receptacle. The plastic bag with handles is secured to a refuse receptacle by inserting closed end of the bag into the refuse receptacle and folding the open end of the plastic bag over the rim of the refuse receptacle such that handles of plastic bag folded down on the side and secured by hooks to prevent plastic bag with handles from slipping over a rim and collapsing inside the refuse receptacle.
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1. A device for preventing a bag with handles from collapsing inside a refuse receptacle having a wall which defines a top rim and inner and outer surfaces, the top rim portion defining a refuse receptacle mouth, the device comprising:
a band of resilient material defining an axis; the band being extensible about the outer surface of the refuse receptacle in a manner circumscribing the outer surface; and
at least one hook suspended from the band, the hook having a gap for securing the handles of a bag suspended from the mouth of the refuse receptacle so that the bag with its handles is pulled against the opposite sides of the refuse receptacle thus securing the bag within refuse receptacle and preventing the bag from collapsing inside the refuse receptacle;
the hook moves freely along the axis of the band.
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The present invention relates to plastic bags with handles commonly supplied in grocery stores and more particularly relates to devices which can be fitted to existing refuse receptacles for preventing such plastic bag with handles from collapsing inside the receptacle when reused as liner.
Consumers often receive goods, such as groceries and other retail items in plastic bags with handles from stores. These plastic bags with handles come in different sizes and configuration.
Consumers often reuse plastic bags with handles accumulated from their shopping trips as liners for existing refuse receptacles but these bags have tendency to collapse inside the refuse receptacle and leave the gaps for trash to fall through and make inside surface of refuse receptacle dirty. Collapsing of bag sometimes closes the mouth of the bag which requires Consumers to reposition the bag and makes it inconvenient to reuse bags with handles as liner.
Many efforts have been made to provide devices which fit to existing refuse receptacle to prevent afore described plastic bag with handles from collapsing, though they have following limitations,
Other attempts have been made to provide a Clip kind of device which has following limitations,
In this respect, the device of the present invention substantially departs from the concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides a device primarily developed to fit the existing refuse receptacles of various shapes and sizes and prevent the plastic bag with handles of various configuration and sizes from collapsing inside refuse receptacle when plastic bag with handles reused as refuse receptacle liner.
The device to prevent a bag with handles from collapsing inside a refuse receptacle is a band of stretchable material with plurality of hooks suspended from axis of a band and said hooks move freely along the axis of a band.
The hook has a elliptical eye for suspending it from the axis of a band and curved bent area with gap to secure the handle of a plastic bag.
The band has a circumference less than the circumference of a refuse receptacle for which it is adapted but can be stretched to fit snuggly around the refuse receptacle and thereby secured to a refuse receptacle without the help of fastening mechanism or glue allowing plurality of suspended hooks to be positioned at desired location along the axis of a band.
The band has an inner surface and an outer surface, where an inner surface has non-slip coating preferably in a wave pattern.
The device can be circumscribed anywhere on the outer surface of refuse receptacle to adjust to various configuration and sizes of plastic bags with handle.
Using the device, device is circumscribed on the outer surface of refuse receptacle, a plastic bag with handles is secured to a refuse receptacle by inserting closed end of the bag into the refuse receptacle and folding the open end of the plastic bag over the rim of the refuse receptacle such that handles of plastic bag folded down on the side and secured by hooks to prevent plastic bag with handles from slipping over a rim and collapsing inside the refuse receptacle.
It is therefore a principal object of the present invention to provide a device for existing refuse receptacles which can fit to various shapes and sizes of refuse receptacles with or without the lid to retain bags with handles of various sizes and configuration over a rim of refuse receptacle and prevent it from collapsing inside the refuse receptacle so that consumers can reuse plastic bag with handles as refuse receptacle liner.
It is further object of the present invention to provide a device which does not require any adhesive or fastening system to attach the device to a refuse receptacle.
It is also an object of the present invention to provide quality and economical solution to consumer with an ease of use to reuse plastic bags with handle as refuse receptacle liner instead of just discarding them.
It is an additional object of present invention to provide an easy to use device which stays on outer side of refuse receptacle's surface for quick change of plastic bag with handles.
The present invention is a device to prevent a bag with handles from collapsing inside a refuse receptacle designated generally as 10 in the drawings. Referring first to
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This disclosure provides exemplary embodiments of the present invention. The scope of present invention is not limited by these exemplary embodiments. For instance, the hook 50 can have variety of shapes furthermore hook 50 can be fixed at any point around the axis 32 of the band 30 or be allowed to move freely around the axis 32 of the band 30 without departing from the spirit of the invention. Furthermore, the band 30 could comprise a non-continuous band and not depart from the spirit of invention.
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